@article{962aeb3a7fdf4cfb9a3b2d52470eb207,
title = "An integrated database of stream macroinvertebrate traits for Australia: concept and application",
abstract = "Traits provide key ecological information that can be applied to understanding the mechanisms which drive community assembly and persistence. In recent years, trait information has provided important insights into the responses of communities to stressors including pollutants and climatic extremes. Outside of Europe and North America, the use of stream macroinvertebrate traits has generally been hindered by the lack of a national database assigning traits to taxa. Here, we present an integrated database for Australian stream macroinvertebrates, which for the first time brings together data from multiple jurisdictions to facilitate the use of traits in both theoretical and applied studies. We describe the database and discuss its applications as well as challenges and limitations of this and other trait databases. The Australian trait database provides new opportunities for research and application in freshwater management.",
keywords = "Attributes, Biomonitoring, Stream benthos, Stream ecology, Stream invertebrates",
author = "Kefford, {Ben J.} and Botwe, {Paul K.} and Brooks, {Andrew J.} and Stefan Kunz and Richard Marchant and Sally Maxwell and Leon Metzeling and Sch{\"a}fer, {Ralf B.} and Thompson, {Ross M.}",
note = "Funding Information: RT{\textquoteright}s involvement in this project was supported by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship (FT110100957). BJK and LM{\textquoteright}s contributions to this paper are part of an ARC Linkage Project (LP160100093). We thank Bruce Chessman for provision of published hydroaerophily, rheophily and thermophily values and other unpublished trait data, advising on taxonomical changes and commenting on drafts of the paper and database. The Maxwell data set was developed through the GWAP Project, funded by the Goyder Institute for Water Research . RBS and SK acknowledge funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG - Project number 338785727 ). We thank anonymous reviewers for their comments, which improved the paper. Funding Information: RT's involvement in this project was supported by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship (FT110100957). BJK and LM's contributions to this paper are part of an ARC Linkage Project (LP160100093). We thank Bruce Chessman for provision of published hydroaerophily, rheophily and thermophily values and other unpublished trait data, advising on taxonomical changes and commenting on drafts of the paper and database. The Maxwell data set was developed through the GWAP Project, funded by the Goyder Institute for Water Research. RBS and SK acknowledge funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG - Project number 338785727). We thank anonymous reviewers for their comments, which improved the paper. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106280",
language = "English",
volume = "114",
pages = "1--10",
journal = "Ecological Indicators",
issn = "1470-160X",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}